Though it was ostensibly a neutral event space in the pristine white walls of the New Haven Museum, a dinner gathering entitled “Deep Roots,” held on Saturday evening, felt very much like a conglomeration of several family dining rooms.

Each table was carefully laid out not only with a program, but with a series of name tags and markers to make the attendees more comfortable with each other, creating new conversations across new, round tables. It was a meal for the entire New Haven family.

Welcome toMoney Diaries , where we're tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We're asking millennials how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we're tracking every last dollar.

Today: an academic librarian working in higher education who makes $63,000 per year spends some of her money this week on the Charlie Brown Christmas vinyl.